How many calories do you burn doing household chores?

How many calories do you burn doing household chores?

Regular physical activity is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle.

Exercise protects you from stress, anxiety and insomnia. Physical activity strengthens the muscle, maintains a healthy weight or reduces obesity, increases the level of good cholesterol in the body, improves blood circulation, prevents bone loss and more.

You may be surprised, but cleaning your home will help you burning calories; If you follow the steps listed within 1 hour, you will lose the following calories:

  • Making your bed burns 70 calories
  • Washing and folding laundry burns 148 calories
  • Ironing burns 157 calories,
  • Sweeping burns off 161 calories
  • Dusting burns 166 calories.
  • Gardening will help you burn an impressive 174 calories
  • Vacuuming burns 175 calories
  • Window cleaning burns 231 calories.
  • Scrubbing the bathroom burns 256 calories
  • Mopping floors burns just as many calories as washing the car (314 an hour)

 

Source:

https://www.womanandhome.com/health-and-wellbeing/how-many-calories-do-you-burn-doing-household-chores-90775/